FEATURED | ESSAY CONTEST FOR SUMMER STUDYWin a scholarship worth 1,000 Swiss francs to study at the University of Zurich. Deadline is April 30. Learn more here.

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DIGITAL DEMOCRACY: HOW SOCIAL DATA IS TRANSFORMING POLITICS

April 12 | swissnex Boston | 6:00 PM

In the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica revelations, important questions about the impact of data on democracy arise. Join swissnex Boston and the University of Zurich for an evening event addressing Digital Democracy. The event will be headlined by Prof. Fabrizio Gilardi, founder of the Digital Democracy Lab in Switzerland, newly established under the University of Zurich’s Digital Society Initiative. He’ll present some initial insights gathered by the lab, along with his analysis of how these shifts are changing the landscape of democracy. After he’ll lead a discussion featuring local panelists, representing both American and European perspectives. Register here.

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INNOVATION + ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Scale Up Vaud shares its impact on jobs worldwide -Many of the startups involved in Canton de Vaud's incubation program took part in the Venture Leaders Boston over the past few years. Learn more.

Venture Leaders Life Sciences 2018 - Participants have been announced - meet them!

Innosuisse Startup in NYC - Zurich-based fintech company AlgoTrader has just completed a post-seed round of CHF 1.4 million. In the near future they will visit swissnex in New York.

Outcomes for Lunaphore - This Innosuisse startup took up residence at our Boston office last month. Among their activities was closing a development partnership deal with American giant PerkinElmer. Learn more.

ART / SCIENCE

Swiss Art Award nominations are out! Learn about the Nominees. The Exhibition Opening will take place June 11 in Basel.

Swiss Design Award Nominations are out too!Learn more. The award ceremony will take place June 12 in Basel.

Arts at CERN Winners - The Collide Geneva award was assigned to artists Anne Sylvie Henchoz and Julie Lang, who will further develop their project ‘Space Time Energy’ around the potential analogies between the human body and particles. Learn more.

Artistic Research Salon III - The third edition of ARS (Artistic Research Salon) on March 27 featured artist Florian Dombois as our special guest. Dombois focuses on time, landforms, labilities, seismic and tectonic activity, as well as on their various representational and media formats. He shared some of his insight on the topic of artistic research, and talked about his project Galleria del Vento at the Research Pavilion in Venice. ARS dinners are organized with the TransCultural Exchange, concepted to offer a platform for discussion on perspectives and vision of artistic research with a selected crowd. Artistic Research is currently a very hot topic in Switzerland and the Boston area since it helps codify the arts to the Bologna Agreement and the academic ecosystem.

Swiss presence at SXSW - Switzerland has long been a leader in design, engineering, and social policy, and the country’s strong presence at this year’s SXSW exemplifies its strong role in the modern technological renaissance. As a major step in the ongoing Swiss Touch campaign, Swiss entities presented some of the most awe-inducing projects and ideas at the festival, proving that Switzerland is a major force in emerging technologies. Learn more.

More Swiss summer study opportunities - Including University of Lucerne and University of St. Gallen. Learn more.

Open Internship Position at swissnex Boston - The Hubert Tuor Foundation Fellowship is a six-month position in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Learn more.

partner + friend events

Friends of Switzerland Stammtisch - This year’s traditional business-focused luncheon, held in honor of Founding FOSI member Charles Mongan, will feature President and CEO of the Hampshire House Corporation, Markus Ripperger, on April 12. Register.

Ma Thèse en 180 secondes - This pitch competition invites PhD students to present their research subject in French on a single slide, to a diverse audience. This year it takes place at MIT on May 5. The final will be held in Lausanne, Switzerland in September. Learn more.